Backtalk

Reality Beneath the Flag-Waving Sadly, every word of Paul Craig Roberts’ 4th of July essay decrying the death of American morality in the face of the Bush administration’s criminality is 100 percent accurate. I never thought I would see our once-great nation so turned on its head – becoming, ourselves, what we grew up deploring. … Continue reading “Backtalk, July 10”

Why I Won’t Renew With Amnesty InternationalWhen Mr. Henderson wrote this – “When government intervenes, the particular government officials making the decisions have very little of their own wealth on the line. They don’t get spectacularly rich if they make a good decision or spectacularly poor if they make a bad one. Therefore, they have … Continue reading “Backtalk, June 23, 2006”

Fourth-Generation HellWriting at a time when we’re trying to sort out what happened at Haditha and why, Mr. Lind writes, “Blood Stripes does not paint a picture of an easy war. As a Marine officer said to me many years ago, ‘If your unit is the one getting ambushed, it’s not low-intensity war.’ The Marines … Continue reading “Backtalk, June 19, 2006”

War Criminal Nation Thanks again for telling the truth about the wars that the imbecile in the White House has dragged us into. There are plenty of jokes about Bush, the Texas cowboy, but unfortunately, Bush is significantly motivated by a sham honor, living out a solemn farce aping the Texans of old, that runs … Continue reading “Backtalk, June 14, 2006”

The Meaning of Haditha This needs to be published on the front page of every newspaper in the U.S., read from the pulpit of every church and synagogue and in every school classroom in the land for the duration until it is as well known as the Gettysburg Address. This is the most frank and … Continue reading “Backtalk, June 5, 2006”

The Administration That Won’t Stop Lying Without a free press, the U.S. will continue to follow the neocon agenda for the world and the bombs will continue to ravage the earth. The Taliban in fact are the successors to the mujahideen, who were America’s friends and partners in the decade-long war against the Soviets; the … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 25, 2006”

April 18, 2006: America’s Step Off the Nuclear EdgeMr. Hirsch:If I thought shouting from the rooftops, wearing T-shirts, blogging until the cows came home, or protesting in front of the White House or Congress would stop the nuking of Iran, I would. But it won’t, not even if 100 million Americans did it. If Bush … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 20, 2006”

Untitled Document Now Is the Time for a Left-Right AllianceAlthough I am a devout liberal, it nearly brought tears of joy to my eyes to read your article and realize that the Honorable Conservative was not a myth nor even extinct, but possibly alive and fighting the good fight.In another time and place I would … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 13, 2006”

Want to Intervene in Darfur? Go AheadTHANK YOU, THANK YOU, Mr. Reese (and others) for speaking out. Sending our troops to Darfur is pure insanity – I am certainly not willing to send my son (who spent a year in Baghdad getting shot at and dodging IEDs) to another hellhole in which they are certainly … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 11, 2006”

Comrade Cheney vs. President PutinBeing a modest student of geopolitics and the history of the great game, I have never doubted that the primary reason, the final target of America’s involvement in the Middle East is the breakup of Russia. Sure, there are other reasons as well, each playing a part, but if one would … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 8, 2006”